The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-09-15
MISCELLANEOUS
Imagination, becomes q snare whe

allowed to run riot.
An English sparrow has gonc to
housekeeping beside the window Of an
Auburn, Me-. lady, who sits and looks
into the nest while she sews. The nest
is set solidly against the glass. ,7a
Fifteen ostriches have just been
Matched from nest of seventeen fertile
eggs at Mount FairView ostrich farm,
near San Diego, Cal. ''This is the best
record ever made in America. ~ 81.
William Mcdaniel, who died few
days ago at Los Angeles. CAL, was
miser. In the banks he had 90, 800, and
nearly $500 was found secreted in the
cracks of the house in which he died.
His death was caused by the lack OF
proper food. .-sG
Papa, wish you would buy me
foot pad" said little girl to her
father as he was about to go down
town. .'You mean liver pad, " replied
the old gentleman. mo, mean foot
pad, as I have an awful pain in the
crown of my foot. Chicago National
Democrat.
My mother writes. me that she has
a chicken Matched with four legs and
almost two heads. The chicken when
starting to run folds the two hind legs;
when tired he will fix them so as to
form seat to sit on PittsfeId (Me.)
advertiser. i,
A Georgia negro and mule got at
it the other day to see who or which
was the best man. The mule used his
heels and the negro club, and after
several knock downs the mule gave in
and agreed to behave himself in the
uture.-Detroit Free Press.
Several weeks ago Miss Emma Mer.
RAM, of Bristol, Conn.,, had her scalp
torn off by her hair catching in the
machinery in mill. Now she is having
a new one made by the grating process.
Several friends came forward and con-
tributed bits of skin.
One of the crack shots of Louisiana
recently said that he had engaged in
his last live pigeon shooting match. He
pronounced it cruel in the extreme, and
said that others who engaged in the
last match hold the same opinion, since,
with but one or two exceptions, they
shoot under an assumed name. al
AN English paper tells wild tale
about an old German who has invented
safe that on its lock being tempered
with throws open its doors, seizes and
drags and locks in the burglar, and
handouts and holds him in readiness
to be conducted to the police court in
the morning.-Philadelphia Press.
Omaha man Gin amazement) -"Ten
dollars yard for such stuff as that?'
Wife Oery naturally installing the
cause of his surprise-"That's all; isn't
it bargain? Only ten dollars, just
think of it." "Why, it's scarcely hall
width" 80, don't worry about that,
| dear. was careful to make allowance
for that and got twice as many yards
as usual. Omaha World.
There is Miss ALL living in APP
ping County, about ten miles from
Baxley. Ga, who is ten years and two
months old and weighs 100 pounds.
She weighed at the age of seven years
14O pounds. She is no higher than chill
dren usually are at her age, so you may
judge she is a sight. Persons who have
seen her say she is as broad as she is
long.
The Western Penitentiary Of Penn.
sylvania can make cocoa mats sc
cheaply, as speciality, that outside
manufacturers have about abandoned
the market. Now, however, by the New
York law just passed. substantial pro-
lection is given the trade by the form.
liable tag which the goods must veal
in that State: Convict Made, 1887
Western Penitentiary of Pennsylvania. y
--Wayback man-'No use talking
Thirteen is an unlucky number.
Omaha mani don't believe any sucl
superstition. eff you'd lost a brother
the way did you'd believei it." "Wha
happened to himp' HE didn't believs
any of those old superstitions, either
and one day he took thirteen big drink
of whisky, hand runnin', on wager
and the thirteenth dose killed hin
deader'n mackerel. Omaha World
The development of coal an,
natural gas in far-off localities is Civ
ing an impulse to numberless little in
dustries hitherto dependent on distan
fuel. Natural gas is found in Dakot'
and Texas, and they are after it il
Colorado. Natural gas is plenty il
Utah, and much money is being di
verted to its utilization. A sixty-mil
pipeline is to be laid from the indians
field to Chicago, and this enterpris
has stimulated manufacturers of arti
fetal fuel to furnish fuel gas as cheal
as natural gas for manufacturing pur
poses.-Public Opinion.
The fifteen great American inven
| tions of worldwide adoption are: ]
the cotton-gin; 2, the planning machine
3, the grass mower and reaper; 4, tn
rotary printing press; 5, navigation b
steam; 6, the hot-air engine; Z, the sew
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